Top Air Travel Destinations for Japanese Travelers 2025

In summer 2025, Japanese travelers show the strongest air travel interest in nearby East Asia (6%) and Southeast Asia (5%), highlighting a continued preference for regional destinations that offer cultural familiarity and shorter flight durations. These patterns align with Japan’s cautious post-pandemic travel recovery and ongoing concerns over cost, convenience, and health safety.

Long-haul destinations such as North America and Australia/Oceania attract modest attention at 3% each, while interest in Europe, both Western and Central/Eastern, remains limited, likely due to distance, rising travel costs, and geopolitical uncertainties.